ISO 26262 Jobs

ISO 26262
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring ISO 26262 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited ISO 26262 over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 672 826 764
Rank change year-on-year +154 -62 +348
Permanent jobs citing ISO 26262 12 59 223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.060% 0.21%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.14% 0.44% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 10 32 13
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £58,313 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% +20.09%
75th Percentile £67,125 £87,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,000 £95,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% +20.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

ISO 26262 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8,850 13,541 19,961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.97% 13.77% 19.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,598 9,268 9,195
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +5.04%

ISO 26262
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ISO 26262 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ISO 26262 in the UK

ISO 26262
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ISO 26262.

Salary trend for ISO 26262 in the UK

ISO 26262
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO 26262 over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for ISO 26262 in the UK

ISO 26262
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISO 26262 within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +160 12 £62,500 -3.85% 27
England +142 12 £62,500 -3.85% 36
South East +93 6 £54,750 -0.45% 8
Midlands +38 5 £62,500 -3.85% 10
West Midlands +27 4 £62,500 -3.85% 9
Work from Home +168 1 £75,000 +15.38% 13
East of England +57 1 £60,000 -33.33% 6
East Midlands - 1 £70,000 - 1

ISO 26262
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Simulink
2 1 (8.33%) TargetLink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (8.33%) FlexRay
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
1 2 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (8.33%) Git
2 1 (8.33%) Subversion
General
1 11 (91.67%) Automotive
2 5 (41.67%) Electronics
3 4 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (16.67%) Legal
6 1 (8.33%) Advertising
6 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
6 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Lead
3 2 (16.67%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Control Systems Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Development Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Firmware Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Quality Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Software Development Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Software Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Software Quality Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (8.33%) Self-Driving Car
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (50.00%) Requirements Management
1 6 (50.00%) Validation
2 5 (41.67%) Systems Engineering
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 4 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 4 (33.33%) FMEA
3 4 (33.33%) Mechatronics
3 4 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (16.67%) CMMI
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
5 1 (8.33%) Software Engineering
5 1 (8.33%) Software Testing
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (8.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) C
1 3 (25.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (16.67%) C++
3 1 (8.33%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (66.67%) Automotive SPICE
2 2 (16.67%) AUTOSAR
2 2 (16.67%) HAZOP
2 2 (16.67%) MISRA
2 2 (16.67%) MISRA C
3 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (50.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) IBM